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South Lyon Community Schools, MI

55,723 Population
78.3 square miles 711.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oakland County: 41.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,915 ±$3,178 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Oakland County: $56,696 ±$470
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$115,060 ±$6,943 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $97,760 ±$1,268
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.6% ±1% (3,092  ±573) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oakland County: 7.7% 98,004 (±0.3% / ±4,229)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.6 minutes ±0.5 (689,875  ±38,757) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oakland County: 25.8 13,420,370 (±0.2 / ±143,722)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

20,762 ±651 Number of households
  • Oakland County: 530,460 ±1,718
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (55,566  ±1,460) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oakland County: 2.4 1,267,271 (±0 / ±112)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±1.8% (497  ±226) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oakland County: 4.5% 12,806 (±0.4% / ±1,001)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,447 ±650 Number of housing units
  • Oakland County: 561,348 ±263
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$402,000 ±$15,348 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $343,600 ±$2,730
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±1.9% (5,851  ±1,059.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Oakland County: 10.9% 138,573 (±0.4% / ±4,506.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±2.5% (36,878  ±1,451.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oakland County: 95.1% 875,046 (±0.8% / ±6,935.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
50.5% ±2.1% (19,207  ±988.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oakland County: 51% 469,718 (±0.5% / ±4,845.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.7% ±1.4% (5,391  ±782) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oakland County: 13.3% 170,690
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.7% ±0.6% (1,546  ±260) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oakland County: 4.4% 44,825 (±0.1% / ±1,145)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,546 Total veterans ±260 1,386 Male ±255 160 Female ±90

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